different between mica vs glauconite

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?ca (“grain, crumb”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?k?, IPA^(key): /?ma?k?/
• Rhymes: -a?k?

Noun

mica (countable and uncountable, plural micas)

2. (mineralogy) Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

Translations

See also

• biotite
• lepidolite
• muscovite
• paragonite
• phlogopite

Further reading

• mica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -amic, -icam, ACMI, CIMA, CMIA, Maci, aMCI, amic, cami, cima, iMac

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan mica), from Vulgar Latin *micca, variant of Latin m?ca, from Proto-Italic *sm?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?mi.k?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?mi.ka/

Noun

mica f (plural miques)

1. a bit, a small piece

Derived terms

• de mica en mica
• miqueta
• una mica
• una mica de

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin m?ca.

Noun

mica f (plural miques)

1. (mineralogy) mica

Further reading

• “mica” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?ca.

Pronunciation

Noun

mica f (plural micas)

1. (mineralogy) mica

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?ca.

Noun

mica f (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) mica

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mi.ka/

Etymology 1

From Latin m?ca, from Proto-Italic *sm?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”).

Noun

mica f (plural miche)

1. (archaic or literary) breadcrumb
2. (by extension) bit, morsel

   Synonym: minuzzolo

Related terms

• micella

Adverb

mica

1. (colloquial) not

2. (colloquial) hardly, you know

3. (colloquial) bit

4. (colloquial) at all

5. (colloquial) by any chance

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin m?ca, the same source as the above.

Noun

mica f (plural miche)

1. (mineralogy) mica (mineral)

Anagrams

• cima

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain:

• traditionally derived from Proto-Italic *sm?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”), related to Ancient Greek (?)?????? ((s)m?krós) and smicker - details there.
• in view of meaning (1), De Vaan (2008) with Nyman (1987) prefer Proto-Italic *meik? (“a glittering particle”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyk- (“to blink”), whence also mic? .

Attested from Cato onwards.

A number of Romance forms, eg. Romanian mic, Calabrian miccu, reflect an unattested adjective *m?ccus - this is probably unrelated, being a borrowing from Ancient Greek ?????? (m?kkós), variant of ?????? (m?krós, “small”); the form *m?cca is associated with the meaning “loaf of bread” particularly in Gallo-Romance and Gallo-Italic.

Alternative forms

• m?cca (reconstructed)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mi?.ka/, [?mi?kä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mi.ka/, [?mi?k?]

Noun

m?ca f (genitive m?cae); first declension

1. a grain (esp. a glittering one: of salt, marble, etc.), crumb
2. (Medieval Latin, Gallia) a miche (a round loaf of brown bread)
3. (New Latin, mineralogy) mica

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• m?c?rius
• m?cidus
• m?c?na
• m?cula
• m?c?

Descendants

References

• “m?ca” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) , “m?ca”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 378

Further reading

• mica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?ca. Compare the inherited doublet miga.

Noun

mica f (plural micas)

1. (mineralogy) mica (hydrous aluminosilicate mineral)

Related terms

• micela
• miga
• migalha

Verb

mica

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of micar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of micar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mi.ka]

Adjective

mica

1. definite nominative feminine singular of mic
2. definite accusative feminine singular of mic

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?ca. Compare the inherited doublet miga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mika/, [?mi.ka]

Noun

mica f (plural micas)

1. (mineralogy) mica

Related terms

• micáceo
• miga, migaja

English

Noun

glauconite (plural glauconites)

1. (mineralogy) A greenish form of mica found in greensand

Derived terms

• glauconiferous
• glauconitization

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Glauconite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “glauconite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

French

Noun

glauconite f (plural glauconites)

1. glauconite